Jane, Christine Springett's little book, I think called "Designing and mounting Lace Fans" is a basic guide to this process.
Fountains sell a pleating plan to suit the large fan patterns sold by them (and, at least some years ago anyway, the small fans used to include the pleating plan.) The idea is that the plan is traced onto non-stick interfacing, the lace is then tacked onto the interfacing and you use the lines drawn on the interfacing as a guide as to where to press the lace into pleats. The lace is then removed from the interfacing, and stuck to the fan sticks. The interfacing shouldn't be too heavy as that makes it difficult to see the lines you've drawn on it, and also makes pressing the pleats difficult. I use light weight interfacing myself. Christine does indeed suggest using a water-soluble wall paper paste, thinned a bit...however, out here, I found my fans were all coming off the sticks. By the time I'd remounted one fan three times I decided that in the heat and humidity of a Sydney summer, the wall paper paste is not the answer. I've since started using a water-soluble craft glue. Regards, Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- Jane Partridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some time ago we were talking about grids for fans - my copy of "Lace" > arrived this morning, and there is a grid on the green pages, as Deborah > promised. > > In general email chatter to Deborah (Robinson), I suggested that an > article on mounting fans would be useful - I have one student with a > completed fan to mount (but not exactly urgently; she has decided to do > something else for the show in a fortnight's time... phew!!!), another > with one in progress, and having never really had the urge to make one > myself.... I did find a couple of suggestions - or rather, hints on how > to - in some old Lace Guild magazines, (couldn't see anything at all in > the old copies of "The Lacemaker" that I have, but I probably gave up > faster out of frustration of there being no contents page) but no real > "this is how to go about it" instruction. I think the bits that have > stuck in my memory must have been from old Arachne discussions! > > Any tips in the meantime would be welcomed. I know that Christine > Springett somewhere or other mentions wallpaper paste - and my instinct > was to steer clear of glue; but then I found an article about a fan made > as a City & Guilds part 2 project in which advice was sought from > Jacqueline Hyman (a UK conservation expert) who, as the lacemaker wanted > to use glue, recommended PVA. One set of instructions my (completed > fan) student has is a little confusing, saying to trace the stick plan > onto sew-in interfacing and to tack (baste) the lace to it - there is no > reference either to the type (ie light, medium or firm) of interfacing > to buy, or as to whether or not it is to be removed before mounting! I > assume it is used to help the lace to form into the folds required. (I > can't remember if this is on a pattern she has recently purchased, with > fan sticks, from Fountains, or on the pattern she used to start with.) > > Anyway, Deborah has asked me to pass on the following query (she doesn't > have time to keep up with the list at the moment) - if any UK (or > elsewhere) Arachnes can help, you can either reply to me or to Deborah > herself at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thanks. > ------- Forwarded message follows ------- > Could you ask on > Arachne if anyone knows the whereabouts of Sue Godsmark, formerly of Essex? > Ann > Allison sent me a photo of a peacock fan that she made as an adaptation of > SG's > pattern that was sold in aid of the Essex Cancer Scanner Fund about 20 years > ago. > She's a lapsed member of the LG. My letter to her was returned by the PO, but > we > think she's still alive. > > > > -- > Jane Partridge > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals - New people, new possibilities! Try Yahoo! Personals, FREE for a limited period! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
